Plane crashes on NC/SC border; minor injuries reported

Published: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 9:15 p.m.

A plane crashed in the woods along the Henderson County/Greenville County, S.C. line at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, and minor injuries were reported.

Emergency and rescue crews responded to a 911 call just after 6 p.m. about a plane that had crashed in a wooded area near Corbin Mountain Road and Mountain Summit Road, Major Frank Stout with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office told WSPA News Channel 7.

The unidentified pilot told authorities that he managed to get out of the RANS S-6S fixed-wing single-engine plane and went to search for a house or road, WSPA reported. No one else was in the plane at the time of the crash.

The pilot was taken by EMS to a local hospital just after 9 p.m. His condition was not immediately known.

"He was very fortunate," Stout told 7 On Your Side's Drew Smith. "This is a very steep area with rocks, and the weather is not good."

A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration told WSPA the cause of the crash is under investigation.

<p>A plane crashed in the woods along the Henderson County/Greenville County, S.C. line at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, and minor injuries were reported. </p><p>Emergency and rescue crews responded to a 911 call just after 6 p.m. about a plane that had crashed in a wooded area near Corbin Mountain Road and Mountain Summit Road, Major Frank Stout with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office told WSPA News Channel 7.</p><p>The unidentified pilot told authorities that he managed to get out of the RANS S-6S fixed-wing single-engine plane and went to search for a house or road, WSPA reported. No one else was in the plane at the time of the crash.</p><p>The pilot was taken by EMS to a local hospital just after 9 p.m. His condition was not immediately known.</p><p>"He was very fortunate," Stout told 7 On Your Side's Drew Smith. "This is a very steep area with rocks, and the weather is not good."</p><p>A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration told WSPA the cause of the crash is under investigation.</p>